YUGOSLAVIA: Chimney Sweep

Alexander I, youthful sovereign of the five-year-old kingdom of
Jugoslavia,* motored gaily last week through the ominously famed city
of Sarajevo. There he saw a chimney sweepin the Balkans an omen of
good luck. Smiling, His Majesty stopped the royal motor, offered the
chimney sweep 100 dinars ($1.76) for two straws from his grimy brush.
Astonished and suspicious, the chimney sweep refused to sell even one
straw. Outraged, the royal chauffeur revealed his master's identity:
"Louse of a chimney sweep! Do you defy your King? . . ."